The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.
I write the music, produce it and the band plays within the parameters that I set.
I come from a family of losers, and I've rejected my family as something I don't want to be like.
You could say I lost my faith in science and progressYou could say I lost my belief in the holy ChurchYou could say I lost my sense of directionYou could say all of this and worse, ...Some would say I...
I'm not much of a family man. I'm just not that into it. I love kids, I adore them, but I don't want to live my life for them.
I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly.
I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On.
I learned to change my accent in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be held back.
I feel this music has nurtured me as I've been immersing myself in it. I've felt supported by it.